Lot Ended
Description
One owner from new; 80,500 miles; just 2,000 miles or so since
2005; regularly put through an MOT and serviced
Delivered new
to its sole owner in March 1988, this top of the range 300E was ordered
with pretty much every option on the pricelist.
The original invoice from
the time of initial order was for £33,875 - that is the equivelent of £122,000
in today's money - it was quite a car.
Painted blue black metallic and
trimmed in grey leather, it had electric seats, driver's lumbar support, a/c, an
electric sunroof, Pioneer stereo, roof aerial and rear speakers. These extras
came to £6,329 alone.
He also added a Mercedes-Benz car kit, fully colour
coded which add a further £2,100 and BBS alloys with locking nuts, although
these do not appear to be currently fitted to the car.
The history file
comes with the old style logbooks and the current V5C, showing the private
number A3 OYC which was put on the car in 1992 and which is being included in
the sale. (Note the spacing on the plate itself is not currently correct) The
file also includes the handbook for the fitted Motorola 4500X car phone, an item
of historical interest in itself!
There are plenty of bills and
invoices for care and maintenance and the service book shows 13 services stamps
plus a PDI, the most recent dated 2002 at 75,727 miles. The odometer shows
just 80,500 miles. Most recently to prepare it for the auction, it has had
a new battery fitted, the fuel tank was drained and fresh fuel added, new fuel
pumps, pipes and relay fitted followed by spark plugs, leads, distributor
cap and rotor arm.
The current MOT expires in June 2024 and shows no
advisories and the car has been behaving very nicely since arrival on site. The
paintwork on the bonnet has gone flat, other than that, the car looks very smart
and at just 80,500 miles has years of service left.
On offer from a
deceased estate, it is offered at No Reserve so is here to be sold to the
highest bidder.
Contact - toby.service@brightwells.com